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11. IN A PHOTOCOMPOSING MACHINE OF THE KIND IN WHICH RECORD CARDS OR LIKE BUSINESS INSTRUMENTS, EACH BEARING DATA TO BE INCLUDED IN A COMPOSITION ARE INDIVIDUALLY FED FROM A STORAGE MAGAZINE TO AN EXPOSURE STATION, A CARD FEED AND POSITIONING APPARATUS COMPRISING: MEANS, INCLUDING A MOVABLE CARRIAGE, FOR SUPPORTING A STACK OF RECORD CARDS ON EDGE ADJACENT A FACE PLATE; VACUUM MEANS FOR DRAWING THE LEAD CARD FROM SAID STACK TOWARD SAID FACE PLACE; A CARD FEED SHUTTLE, MOUNTED ADJACENT SAID FACE PLATE AND MOVABLE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL THERETO; A PUSHER BLADE HAVING A SHOULDER PROJECTING OUTWARDLY OF SAID FACE PLATE FOR ENGAGING A SIDE EDGE OF THE LEAD CARD OF SAID STACK TO FEED SAID LEAD CARD FROM SAID STACK ALONG A PREDETERMINED PATH TOWARD AN EXPOSURE STATION; MEANS FOR MOUNTING SAID PUSHER BLADE ON SAID SHUTTLE, IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID FACE PLATE, AT ANY ONE OF A PLURALITY OF POSITIONS ON SAID SHUTTLE TO ACCOMMODATE CARDS OF DIFFERENT SIZES; A BLOCKING MEMBER; A PAD OF RESILIENT DEFORMABLE MATERIAL REMOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID BLOCKING MEMBER; ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID BLOCKING MEMBER BETWEEN A RETRACTED POSITION DISPLACED FROM SAID PATH AND A BLOCKING POSITION IN WHICH SAID BLOCKING MEMBER IS INTERPOSED IN SAID PATH AND SAID PAD ENGAGES THE LEADING EDGE OF A RECORD CARD TO INTERRUPT MOVEMENT OF SAID RECORD CARD IN A PREDETERMINED EXPOSURE POSITION, SAID PAD BEING EFFECTIVE TO ABSORB A SUBSTANTIAL PORTION OF THE KINETIC ENERGY OF SAID CARD; ALIGNING MEANS FOR ENGAGING A RECORD CARD DISPOSED IN SAID EXPOSURE POSITION AND PRECISELY ALIGNING SAID CARD AT SAID EXPOSURE POSITION; KICK-OUT MEANS FOR ENGAGING A RECORD CARD TO EJECT SAID CARD FROM SAID EXPOSURE POSITION; CYCLIC CONTROL MEANS FOR OPERATING SAID CARD FEED SHUTTLE, SAID ACTUATING MEANS, SAID ALIGNING MEANS, AND SAID KICK-OUT MEANS IN TIMED RELATION TO EACH OTHER; AND MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID CARRIAGE TOWARD SAID FACE PLATE TO BRING SAID CARDS IN SAID STACK SUCCESSIVELY INTO FEEDING POSITION ADJACENT SAID FACE PLATE, SAID MEANS APPLYING A CONTINUOUS BIAS TO SAID CARRIAGE INDEPENDENT OF THE WEIGHT OF SAID CARDS. 